Either adaptability/organizational ability, or some form of chaos. Under the specific environmental conditions of earth, one set of outcomes are favored, but under other conditions different outcomes are favored.

And the interplay of these outcomes and mutations can result in novel adaptations. Or something like that ¯\(ツ)/¯

Not as strong as graphene or nanotubes, but still limited to the nanoscale in production.

Colbert’s “truthiness” comes to mind